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Her early conditionher connexion with ancient Buddhism—her architectural
remains—her famous temples, holy wells and tanks, and numerous ghats or
stairs leading down to the Gangesthe legends concerning them—the peculiar
customs at ...
Her early conditionher connexion with ancient Buddhism—her architectural
remains—her famous temples, holy wells and tanks, and numerous ghats or
stairs leading down to the Gangesthe legends concerning them—the peculiar
customs at ...
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CHAPTER VIII. Temple of Jages'war, a Resort of the Native Aristocracy of
Benares.—Kas'i-Devi, Goddess of the City of Benares.—Karnghanta Talao or
Tank-Temple of the Demon Bhut-Bhairo.—- Temple of Bara Ganes'.—Jagannath.
—Satis .
CHAPTER VIII. Temple of Jages'war, a Resort of the Native Aristocracy of
Benares.—Kas'i-Devi, Goddess of the City of Benares.—Karnghanta Talao or
Tank-Temple of the Demon Bhut-Bhairo.—- Temple of Bara Ganes'.—Jagannath.
—Satis .
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Raja , Cheit Singh's Tank-Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rz'imnagar side of Beuares.
—Temple of Vedavyas.—Panch-kosi Road, or Sacred Boundary of Benares.—
Pilgrimage of the Panch-kosi. —San.itary condition of Renaws-Improvements ...
Raja , Cheit Singh's Tank-Virtue of Pilgrimage to the Rz'imnagar side of Beuares.
—Temple of Vedavyas.—Panch-kosi Road, or Sacred Boundary of Benares.—
Pilgrimage of the Panch-kosi. —San.itary condition of Renaws-Improvements ...
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Shiva gave him instructions how to behave himself, and left him to his own
meditations; whereupon, as a first exploit, with his chakra or discus he dug the
tank denominated, from its origin, the Chakr-pushkarni. He then engaged in the
usual ...
Shiva gave him instructions how to behave himself, and left him to his own
meditations; whereupon, as a first exploit, with his chakra or discus he dug the
tank denominated, from its origin, the Chakr-pushkarni. He then engaged in the
usual ...
Page 114
The temple of Kamananath is connected with a de' pressed plain close by, which
was formerly an extensive jhil or pond, and was then called the Machaudari Tirth,
or place of pilgrimage, which, like other tanks in Benares, 114 BENARES, ...
The temple of Kamananath is connected with a de' pressed plain close by, which
was formerly an extensive jhil or pond, and was then called the Machaudari Tirth,
or place of pilgrimage, which, like other tanks in Benares, 114 BENARES, ...
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| Title | The Sacred City of the Hindus: An Account of Benares in Ancient and Modern Times |
| Author | Matthew Atmore Sherring |
| Contributor | Fitz-Edward Hall |
| Publisher | Trübner, 1868 |
| Original from | National Library of the Netherlands |
| Digitized | 16 Nov 2012 |
| Length | 388 pages |
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